New Shoots Children's Centre - Tauranga
Education & Care
1/850 Cameron Road, Tauranga South · Tauranga City
New Shoots Children's Centre – Tauranga is an education and care service for 124 children in Tauranga South. Our analysis of the ERO report indicates variable bicultural practice with inconsistent te reo Māori and tikanga inclusion and minimal Pacific language representation, while leadership and governance are stronger, with effective evaluation systems and strategic improvement planning in place.
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Roll breakdown
By age
By ethnicity
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Operator
New Shoots Children's Centres Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Akarangi · 2024-06-04
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Their inclusion of te reo Māori and aspects of tikanga Māori in the daily curriculum is variable and remains an ongoing focus. The languages and cultures of Pacific children are yet to be meaningfully included in the curriculum provided."
Te reo Māori and tikanga inclusion variable and ongoing; Pacific languages not yet meaningfully included.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Leaders are embedding conditions that enable improvement. Relational trust at all levels supports collaboration within an established teaching team. Systems for evaluation usefully focus on teaching and learning. Shifts in teacher practices result in improvement and positive outcomes for different age groups of children. Effective, improvement-focused governance and management processes include a well-considered strategic plan and relevant systems that intentionally guide improvement across the New Shoots group."
Leaders embedding improvement; strong evaluation systems; strategic planning guides improvement; relational trust eviden
Source: Education Review Office review of New Shoots Children's Centre - Tauranga dated 2024-06-04, licensed CC-BY 4.0. The 4-point overall judgement is ERO's; the 6 dimension grades are our analysis of ERO's prose (see methodology). · Centre has 3 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where New Shoots Children's Centre - Tauranga hasn't been graded on a dimension, the composite uses the national average for that dimension as a placeholder. Each affected axis below is flagged est. When a new ERO review lands, the placeholder is replaced and the score may shift.
The composite is a weighted average of six ERO dimensions, each scored 0–100 (A=90, B=70, C=50, D=25). The "(p47)" style suffix shows where the centre sits within its EQI band (peer percentile, when ≥10 comparable centres in band). See methodology for the formula + limits.
Location
1/850 Cameron Road, Tauranga South. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is New Shoots Children's Centre - Tauranga a free kindergarten?
- New Shoots Children's Centre - Tauranga is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at New Shoots Children's Centre - Tauranga?
- 124 children attend New Shoots Children's Centre - Tauranga (roll year 2025).
- Where is New Shoots Children's Centre - Tauranga?
- 1/850 Cameron Road Tauranga South Tauranga City
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #46364) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Suburb safety & demographics: SafeSuburbs ↗ · crimestats.co.nz ↗ · NZ Police RCVD + Stats NZ 2023 Census, CC-BY 4.0
- Funding policy (20 Hours / Childcare Subsidy / FamilyBoost): parents.education.govt.nz · WINZ · IRD · Crown copyright (policy only — we cite parameters, don't republish)
- Map tiles: © OpenStreetMap · © CARTO · ODbL + CC-BY 3.0
- Machine-readable formats: facts.json · markdown.md
Full source list, licence text, refresh cadence: /sources. How we match, clean, and rank: /methodology.
Data sources & freshness (4 sources · last refresh 12 July 2026)
Service type, address, roll, ethnicity, Equity Index, 20 Hours, Takiwā, lat/lng
Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)
Per-centre review reports + 6-dimension letter grades (curriculum / wellbeing / whānau / bicultural / health & safety / leadership)
Safety score, crime/1k, 2023 Census demographics
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